| 2000 vs. 2021 Population Growth and Change Scott County 2000 vs. 2021 Net Percent Change = 68.52% Rank = #1 Kittson County 2000 vs. 2021 Net Percent Change = -20.87% Rank = #87 Morrison County 2000 vs. 2021 Net Percent Change = 7.08% Rank = #33 With a spotlight on Morrison County, the chart above displays the distribution of the net percent change of population across Minnesota's 87 counties over the period 2000-2021. Those counties whose population growth registered above the statewide average over this period realized an increase in their statewide share of population. Likewise, those counties whose population growth registered below the statewide average experienced a decline in their relative share of population statewide. Statewide Snippets:- Over 2000-2021 population grew in forty-nine Minnesota counties while declining in thirty-eight.
- Population growth in twenty-two counties outpaced the statewide average (15.76%), while growth in sixty-five counties trailed.
- At the extremes of the distribution, Scott County posted the highest growth of population (68.52%), while Kittson County placed last by logging a -20.87% decline.
- The spread in population growth between the highest (Scott County, 68.52%) and lowest (Kittson County, -20.87%) over 2000-2021 equated to 89.40% ( = 68.52% − -20.87%).
- Population growth statewide is but a weighted metric that stems from each county's share of population statewide. On this point, as the largest county in Minnesota, Hennepin County's net population growth over 2000-2021 of 148,961 made up 19.15% of the total net growth statewide (777,779):
Hennepin County: Percent Share of Minnesota's Population Growth, 2000-2021:19.15% = (148,961 / 777,779) x 100 Morrison County Snippets:- Over 2000-2021, Morrison County posted a 7.08% net gain in population.
- Morrison County was joined by sixty-four other counties whose population growth over 2000-2021 registered below the statewide average (15.76%).
- Ranked #33 among Minnesota's 87 counties, Morrison County's population growth (7.08%) trailed the statewide average of 15.76% by a 8.69% margin.
- Morrison County's net population growth (7.08%, #33) over 2000-2021 registered just above that of Kandiyohi County (6.62%, #34) and just below that of Kanabec County (7.62%, #32).
- Morrison County's share of population statewide slipped from 0.64% in 2000 to 0.60% in 2021, resulting in a share-shift of -0.05%.
Data Definition Number of individuals (both civilian and military) who reside in an area as of July 1. BEA uses the Census Bureau's midyear population estimates. United States. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Income Division. Regional Definitions. 2023. Web. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/definitions/ | | | | County Distribution of Population Growth, 2000 vs. 2021 | More than 40% | 40% to 30% | 30% to 20% | 20% to 10% | 10% to 0% | 0% to -10% | -10% to -20% | -20% or Below | Total | 2000 vs. 2021 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 87 | | | | | | Hennepin County 2021 Population = 1,266,736 Percent of State = 22.18% Rank = #1 Traverse County 2021 Population = 3,287 Percent of State = 0.06% Rank = #87 Morrison County 2021 Population = 34,071 Percent of State = 0.60% Rank = #33 Again highlighting Morrison County's position, the bar graph above displays the disposition by county of 2021 population statewide (5,711,471). Tip: Although the visual profile of the bar chart remains unchanged you may opt to display the actual total by using the "Select Indicator" options above the graph Statewide Snippets:- Ranked #1, Hennepin County's 2021 population totaled 1,266,736, equating to 22.18% of the statewide total.
- Ranked last (#87), Traverse County's population of 3,287 in 2021 comprised just 0.06% of the total statewide. Traverse County's population in 2021 equates to less than .01% to that of Hennepin County's.
- Hennepin County's 2021 population (1,266,736) exceeded the combined population (1,258,654) of Minnesota's sixty-six smallest counties.
Morrison County Snippets:- Morrison County's population in 2021 ranked #33, amounting to 0.60% of the statewide total.
- Morrison County's population of 34,071 placed below that of Nicollet County's (34,373, #32), and just above that of Polk County's (30,817, #34).
- Morrison County's population of 34,071 exceeds the combined total (31,314) of Minnesota's seven smallest counties.
| | | | County Distribution of Population, 2021 | More than 500,000 | 500,000 to 400,000 | 400,000 to 300,000 | 300,000 to 200,000 | 200,000 to 100,000 | 100,000 or Below | Total | 2021 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 76 | 87 | | | | | | Tip: To augment your analysis click on the column headers in the following table to rank and/or sort the data. | | | | Minnesota by County: 2000 vs. 2021 | 2000 | | 2021 | | 2000 - 2021 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15,282 | 0.31 | | 15,945 | 0.28 | | 4.34 | 663 | 0.09 | | | 299,780 | 6.08 | | 367,416 | 6.43 | | 22.56 | 67,636 | 8.70 | | | 30,188 | 0.61 | | 35,326 | 0.62 | | 17.02 | 5,138 | 0.66 | | | 39,789 | 0.81 | | 46,420 | 0.81 | | 16.67 | 6,631 | 0.85 | | | 34,470 | 0.70 | | 41,496 | 0.73 | | 20.38 | 7,026 | 0.90 | | | 5,777 | 0.12 | | 5,162 | 0.09 | | -10.65 | -615 | -0.08 | | | 55,988 | 1.13 | | 69,361 | 1.21 | | 23.89 | 13,373 | 1.72 | | | 26,877 | 0.54 | | 25,883 | 0.45 | | -3.70 | -994 | -0.13 | | | 31,784 | 0.64 | | 36,455 | 0.64 | | 14.70 | 4,671 | 0.60 | | | 70,843 | 1.44 | | 108,826 | 1.91 | | 53.62 | 37,983 | 4.88 | | | 27,292 | 0.55 | | 30,638 | 0.54 | | 12.26 | 3,346 | 0.43 | | | 12,913 | 0.26 | | 12,390 | 0.22 | | -4.05 | -523 | -0.07 | | | 41,611 | 0.84 | | 57,544 | 1.01 | | 38.29 | 15,933 | 2.05 | | | 51,308 | 1.04 | | 65,665 | 1.15 | | 27.98 | 14,357 | 1.85 | | | 8,389 | 0.17 | | 8,574 | 0.15 | | 2.21 | 185 | 0.02 | | | 5,178 | 0.10 | | 5,623 | 0.10 | | 8.59 | 445 | 0.06 | | | 12,167 | 0.25 | | 11,578 | 0.20 | | -4.84 | -589 | -0.08 | | | 55,184 | 1.12 | | 67,345 | 1.18 | | 22.04 | 12,161 | 1.56 | | | 357,848 | 7.25 | | 442,773 | 7.75 | | 23.73 | 84,925 | 10.92 | | | 17,857 | 0.36 | | 20,964 | 0.37 | | 17.40 | 3,107 | 0.40 | | | 32,882 | 0.67 | | 39,305 | 0.69 | | 19.53 | 6,423 | 0.83 | | | 16,143 | 0.33 | | 13,910 | 0.24 | | -13.83 | -2,233 | -0.29 | | | 21,142 | 0.43 | | 21,303 | 0.37 | | 0.76 | 161 | 0.02 | | | 32,555 | 0.66 | | 30,808 | 0.54 | | -5.37 | -1,747 | -0.22 | | | 44,154 | 0.89 | | 48,018 | 0.84 | | 8.75 | 3,864 | 0.50 | | | 6,265 | 0.13 | | 6,161 | 0.11 | | -1.66 | -104 | -0.01 | | | 1,117,775 | 22.66 | | 1,266,736 | 22.18 | | 13.33 | 148,961 | 19.15 | | | 19,730 | 0.40 | | 18,829 | 0.33 | | -4.57 | -901 | -0.12 | | | 18,401 | 0.37 | | 21,745 | 0.38 | | 18.17 | 3,344 | 0.43 | | | 31,459 | 0.64 | | 41,951 | 0.73 | | 33.35 | 10,492 | 1.35 | | | 43,927 | 0.89 | | 45,058 | 0.79 | | 2.57 | 1,131 | 0.15 | | | 11,186 | 0.23 | | 10,015 | 0.18 | | -10.47 | -1,171 | -0.15 | | | 15,041 | 0.30 | | 16,187 | 0.28 | | 7.62 | 1,146 | 0.15 | | | 41,141 | 0.83 | | 43,865 | 0.77 | | 6.62 | 2,724 | 0.35 | | | 5,260 | 0.11 | | 4,162 | 0.07 | | -20.87 | -1,098 | -0.14 | | | 14,288 | 0.29 | | 11,944 | 0.21 | | -16.41 | -2,344 | -0.30 | | | 8,057 | 0.16 | | 6,715 | 0.12 | | -16.66 | -1,342 | -0.17 | | | 11,083 | 0.22 | | 11,009 | 0.19 | | -0.67 | -74 | -0.01 | | | 4,488 | 0.09 | | 3,821 | 0.07 | | -14.86 | -667 | -0.09 | | | 25,459 | 0.52 | | 28,918 | 0.51 | | 13.59 | 3,459 | 0.44 | | | 6,403 | 0.13 | | 5,563 | 0.10 | | -13.12 | -840 | -0.11 | | | 25,465 | 0.52 | | 25,267 | 0.44 | | -0.78 | -198 | -0.03 | | | 34,854 | 0.71 | | 36,807 | 0.64 | | 5.60 | 1,953 | 0.25 | | | 5,167 | 0.10 | | 5,387 | 0.09 | | 4.26 | 220 | 0.03 | | | 10,119 | 0.21 | | 8,979 | 0.16 | | -11.27 | -1,140 | -0.15 | | | 21,786 | 0.44 | | 19,899 | 0.35 | | -8.66 | -1,887 | -0.24 | | | 22,766 | 0.46 | | 23,391 | 0.41 | | 2.75 | 625 | 0.08 | | | 22,422 | 0.45 | | 26,892 | 0.47 | | 19.94 | 4,470 | 0.57 | | | 31,819 | 0.64 | | 34,071 | 0.60 | | 7.08 | 2,252 | 0.29 | | | 38,669 | 0.78 | | 40,214 | 0.70 | | 4.00 | 1,545 | 0.20 | | | 9,153 | 0.19 | | 8,145 | 0.14 | | -11.01 | -1,008 | -0.13 | | | 29,904 | 0.61 | | 34,373 | 0.60 | | 14.94 | 4,469 | 0.57 | | | 20,791 | 0.42 | | 22,047 | 0.39 | | 6.04 | 1,256 | 0.16 | | | 7,431 | 0.15 | | 6,442 | 0.11 | | -13.31 | -989 | -0.13 | | | 124,930 | 2.53 | | 163,620 | 2.86 | | 30.97 | 38,690 | 4.97 | | | 57,073 | 1.16 | | 60,222 | 1.05 | | 5.52 | 3,149 | 0.40 | | | 13,545 | 0.27 | | 13,806 | 0.24 | | 1.93 | 261 | 0.03 | | | 26,607 | 0.54 | | 29,034 | 0.51 | | 9.12 | 2,427 | 0.31 | | | 9,858 | 0.20 | | 9,352 | 0.16 | | -5.13 | -506 | -0.07 | | | 31,384 | 0.64 | | 30,817 | 0.54 | | -1.81 | -567 | -0.07 | | | 11,231 | 0.23 | | 11,418 | 0.20 | | 1.67 | 187 | 0.02 | | | 511,520 | 10.37 | | 542,861 | 9.50 | | 6.13 | 31,341 | 4.03 | | | 4,279 | 0.09 | | 3,932 | 0.07 | | -8.11 | -347 | -0.04 | | | 16,767 | 0.34 | | 15,397 | 0.27 | | -8.17 | -1,370 | -0.18 | | | 17,125 | 0.35 | | 14,628 | 0.26 | | -14.58 | -2,497 | -0.32 | | | 56,811 | 1.15 | | 67,375 | 1.18 | | 18.59 | 10,564 | 1.36 | | | 9,703 | 0.20 | | 9,674 | 0.17 | | -0.30 | -29 | 0.00 | | | 16,309 | 0.33 | | 15,260 | 0.27 | | -6.43 | -1,049 | -0.13 | | | 200,626 | 4.07 | | 199,332 | 3.49 | | -0.64 | -1,294 | -0.17 | | | 91,031 | 1.85 | | 153,408 | 2.69 | | 68.52 | 62,377 | 8.02 | | | 65,361 | 1.32 | | 99,248 | 1.74 | | 51.85 | 33,887 | 4.36 | | | 15,361 | 0.31 | | 14,927 | 0.26 | | -2.83 | -434 | -0.06 | | | 133,669 | 2.71 | | 159,144 | 2.79 | | 19.06 | 25,475 | 3.28 | | | 33,793 | 0.68 | | 37,409 | 0.65 | | 10.70 | 3,616 | 0.46 | | | 10,021 | 0.20 | | 9,704 | 0.17 | | -3.16 | -317 | -0.04 | | | 11,834 | 0.24 | | 9,781 | 0.17 | | -17.35 | -2,053 | -0.26 | | | 24,407 | 0.49 | | 25,307 | 0.44 | | 3.69 | 900 | 0.12 | | | 4,123 | 0.08 | | 3,287 | 0.06 | | -20.28 | -836 | -0.11 | | | 21,644 | 0.44 | | 21,514 | 0.38 | | -0.60 | -130 | -0.02 | | | 13,745 | 0.28 | | 14,184 | 0.25 | | 3.19 | 439 | 0.06 | | | 19,522 | 0.40 | | 18,992 | 0.33 | | -2.71 | -530 | -0.07 | | | 202,686 | 4.11 | | 272,610 | 4.77 | | 34.50 | 69,924 | 8.99 | | | 11,826 | 0.24 | | 11,158 | 0.20 | | -5.65 | -668 | -0.09 | | | 7,116 | 0.14 | | 6,410 | 0.11 | | -9.92 | -706 | -0.09 | | | 50,081 | 1.02 | | 49,750 | 0.87 | | -0.66 | -331 | -0.04 | | | 90,786 | 1.84 | | 145,143 | 2.54 | | 59.87 | 54,357 | 6.99 | | | 11,208 | 0.23 | | 9,446 | 0.17 | | -15.72 | -1,762 | -0.23 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4,933,692 | 100.00 | | 5,711,471 | 100.00 | | 15.76 | 777,779 | 100.00 | | | 3,714,100 | 75.28 | | 4,448,208 | 77.88 | | 19.77 | 734,108 | 94.39 | | | 1,219,592 | 24.72 | | 1,263,263 | 22.12 | | 3.58 | 43,671 | 5.61 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 282,162,411 | | | 332,031,554 | | | 17.67 | 49,869,143 | | | | 237,948,237 | | | 286,638,672 | | | 20.46 | 48,690,435 | | | | 44,214,174 | | | 45,392,882 | | | 2.67 | 1,178,708 | |
Source: Calculations by the Minnesota Regional Economic Analysis Project (MN-REAP) with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis November 2023 REAP_PI_CA1400_YRVYR_100A | | | | |
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